My research focuses on the relationships between technology, innovation and their governance for inclusive development. My current work examines the role of technology and innovation to attain the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and the strategies of firms and governments to introduce and diffuse innovations in specific sectors such as sanitation, education, healthcare and agriculture.
I am also a serial academic social entrepreneur. I have co-founded 3 NGOs, 1 social initiative and 3 private companies. The two initiatives in which I am currently most active are Friend In Need India (FIN Trust) and SITE4Sustainability.
Employment – Present and Past:
- Professorial Fellow at the United Nations University MERIT.
- Professor at the School of Governance, UNU-MERIT (United Nations University) and Maastricht University, The Netherlands. (April 2020 – April 2023).
- Professorial Fellow at UNU-MERIT (United Nations University) and Professor at Maastricht University, at Maastricht, The Netherlands. (April 2014 – April 2020)
- Professor of Innovation and the Social Enterprise at the Brunel Business School of Brunel University, The United Kingdom (October 2012- April 2014).
- 2010– Oct 2012, Professor of the Economics of Health, Life Sciences and Development at Maastricht University and Professorial Fellow at UNU-MERIT at Maastricht.
- 2009–2010, Senior Researcher in UNU-MERIT, The Netherlands.
- 1994– present, Chargée de Recherche I class at INRA, France (on leave of absence).
- 1990– Recruited as Chargée de Recherche II class at INRA, France.
- 1987–1988, “Teaching assistant” at Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, U.S.A.
- 1983–1985, “Lecturer” at the Indian Statistical Institute, New Delhi, India.
- 1982–1983, “Lecturer” at St.Stephens’s College, New Delhi, India.
Education:
-Ph.D. in Economics at Cornell University, U.S.A. with the “Andrew D. White Fellowship” (1985-1989).
-M.A. in Economics at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, India (1980-1982).
-B.A. (Honours) in Economics at Lady Shri Ram College, University of Delhi, India (1977-1980).
Contact:
shyama.v.ramani@gmail.com